{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00776","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00776-0","petitioner_identifier":"Jaylah Black","is_minor":1,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (minor - exact age not in source, verified)","vaccine_type":"human papillomavirus 9-valent (HPV9), tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap), meningococcal conjugate (Menactra), and influenza","vaccination_date":"2017-06-28","condition_raw":"alleged acute cerebellar ataxia, acute vestibular neuropathy, AIDP, polyneuropathy, weakness, functional gait disorder, and conversion disorder","condition_category":"neurological","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"dismissed","award_amount_usd":null,"decision_date":"2026-01-02","extraction_version":"manual-supplement-redo-2026-05-normal15","extracted_at":"2026-05-04 04:25:05","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":3,"dose_number":1,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"HPV9, Tdap, and Menactra vaccines June 28, 2017; influenza October 31, 2017; second HPV9 December 29, 2017; then-minor Jaylah Black alleged acute cerebellar ataxia, acute vestibular neuropathy, AIDP, polyneuropathy, weakness, functional gait disorder, and conversion disorder. DISMISSED after Jaylah reached majority and chose not to proceed, intending civil litigation. No Table claim or medical causation opinion supported entitlement. SM Herbrina D. S. Young; petition June 25, 2020; decision January 2, 2026.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2020-06-25","case_summary":"On June 25, 2020, Lorraine Ferrucci filed a petition on behalf of her then-minor granddaughter, Jaylah Black. The petition alleged that HPV9, Tdap, and Menactra vaccines administered on June 28, 2017, an influenza vaccine administered on October 31, 2017, and a second HPV9 vaccine administered on December 29, 2017 caused acute cerebellar ataxia, acute vestibular neuropathy, AIDP, polyneuropathy, weakness, functional gait disorder, conversion disorder, and related neurologic symptoms.\n\nBy 2025, Jaylah had reached the age of majority and did not want to continue the Vaccine Program case. In an unopposed motion to dismiss, she maintained that she had suffered injuries but stated that she intended to reject any Program judgment and pursue civil litigation in the Gardasil multidistrict litigation in North Carolina.\n\nSpecial Master Herbrina D. S. Young dismissed the petition on January 2, 2026. The dismissal stated that the record was insufficient to support compensation, no Table claim had been established, and no medical opinion had been filed to support causation.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":1,"special_master":"Herbrina Sanders Young","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"Mark Theodore Sadaka","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC","petitioner_attorney_location":"Englewood, NJ","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|mark-sadaka|","firm_canonical_key":"law-offices-of-sadaka-associates","package_title":"BLACK v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00776","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00776.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00776.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00776-0","title":"BLACK v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 1/2/2026) regarding 99 DECISION of Special Master. Signed by Special Master Herbrina D S Young. (gf) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2026-01-26","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00776/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00776-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":260590,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'decision of special master'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00776/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00776-0"}]}